Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
Kahlil Gibranwas a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 January 1883
CityBsharri, Lebanon
CountryLebanon
brother judgement saint
The saint and the sinner are twin brothers...one was born but the moment before the other.
judgement skins naked
What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?
judgement lambs shepherds
The shepherd will deny the diseased lamb in fear of the flock.
hurt judging judgement
When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.
jealous yesterday judgement
Yesterday is ever jealous of...tomorrow.
giving judgement may
Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.
judgement tears chains
Harlots shall be made pure by their own tears. But you publicans shall be held down by the chains of your own judgement.
judgement neighbour
Rob a neighbour with a smile.
judgement greater misdeeds
And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?
fall feet judgement
And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.
strong iron judgement
You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.
aware knows memory timeless tomorrow yesterday
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
filled laughter rises
And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.
asking country desert oasis politician
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert